Job summary
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Ward Manager to join our busy team at Priority House in Maidstone.
You will be working on Upnor Ward, which is an 18 bed, female, working age, adult ward.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, patient and staff centred qualified nurse to maintain the high quality care delivery. Upnor Ward already provides and supports innovation and development. It is essential that you have leadership experience.
Main duties of the job
- Oversee the management of a defined caseload of clients with complex mental and physical health needs, using evidence based, person centred, recovery orientated principles and practice.
- Provide clinical and professional leadership for junior staff through supervision and training.
- Support the strategic objectives of KMPT through maintaining the adherence of staff and self to all internal policies and external audit requirements.
- Work on a supernumerary basis and as part of the overall team covering clinical input where required.
- Ensure that a "Duty of Candor" is maintained with service users/carers at all times.
- Ensure services are able to be delivered safely and in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Social Care Act, including monitoring the quality and safety at each site of responsibility, identifying breaches, escalating them and acting on them as soon as possible.
- Be responsible for ensuring a regular process of review is in place to detect incidents that indicate adverse quality of care, and triangulate.
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specificationWe are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Preparation of Mentors post-registration qualification
- Dip HE or Degree
- Completed a leadership course
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Deputy Ward Manager within an inpatient setting - or equivalent experience
Desirable
- One year leadership experience
- Experience as a Ward Manager within an inpatient setting - or equivalent experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Leadership skills
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
- IT skills
- Ability to participate in change
- Self-motivation
- Ability to use supervision effectively.
- An effective team player with up to date knowledge of: o The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), o The Mental Capacity Act 2007, including the application of DoLs in an inpatient setting o The Care Programme Approach o Safeguarding Children o Safeguarding Adults o Person-Centered Care Planning o Audit Processes o Investigation Processes o One Chance to get it Right (2014)
- Effective coordination skills to ensure that all agencies are working effectively together to help people who are at the end stages of their lives and their family.
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of confidentiality
- Ability to provide professional guidance and leadership to all staff
- Ability to work both autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team, using initiative
- Competence in the management of Medication
Desirable
- Ability to performance manage junior staff, setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
- Ability to manage, and work within the framework of, the eRoster, using reporting systems generated by this Roster to enhance quality and efficiency
- Managerial skills which demonstrate application of all Trust Policies, e.g. Capability (Performance Management), Absence Management, Disciplinary, Flexible Working,Infection Prevention and Control, Roster Management, Complaints etc.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Preparation of Mentors post-registration qualification
- Dip HE or Degree
- Completed a leadership course
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Deputy Ward Manager within an inpatient setting - or equivalent experience
Desirable
- One year leadership experience
- Experience as a Ward Manager within an inpatient setting - or equivalent experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Leadership skills
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
- IT skills
- Ability to participate in change
- Self-motivation
- Ability to use supervision effectively.
- An effective team player with up to date knowledge of: o The Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), o The Mental Capacity Act 2007, including the application of DoLs in an inpatient setting o The Care Programme Approach o Safeguarding Children o Safeguarding Adults o Person-Centered Care Planning o Audit Processes o Investigation Processes o One Chance to get it Right (2014)
- Effective coordination skills to ensure that all agencies are working effectively together to help people who are at the end stages of their lives and their family.
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of confidentiality
- Ability to provide professional guidance and leadership to all staff
- Ability to work both autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team, using initiative
- Competence in the management of Medication
Desirable
- Ability to performance manage junior staff, setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
- Ability to manage, and work within the framework of, the eRoster, using reporting systems generated by this Roster to enhance quality and efficiency
- Managerial skills which demonstrate application of all Trust Policies, e.g. Capability (Performance Management), Absence Management, Disciplinary, Flexible Working,Infection Prevention and Control, Roster Management, Complaints etc.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
